Shanghai Jade Buddha Temple - Vegetarian Restaurant

The Jade Buddha temple is quite popular and is on the Puxi side and most hotels should be able to help you get there. Once you get there, if you walk around inside, it is easy to find the vegetarian restaurant.

We tried several things there (things were much cheaper here at the temple). The place appears a bit dingy and being comfortable with using chop sticks is a definite plus. In trying things, we loved the veggie dumplings soup style - most people at the temple don't speak English and chances are you have to look for this picture in a menu with pictures & point. Rest assured that it is well worth the finding & pointing - one advantage you have in the Buddha temple is that everything there is vegetarian & so, even if you point at something that looks a bit silly, chances are you may not like the taste, but your vegetarian vows are still intact!

Again, if I haven't said it enough, the "veggie dumplings soup style" is served piping hot - so, watch out for the tongue burn, but tastes best and I haven't found a comparable veggie dumpling elsewhere in Shanghai so far. Enjoy & let us know what you think.

 

 

 

 

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Being a vegetarian in Shanghai

I am going to write a series of blog posts on being a vegetarian in Shanghai - I have had the good fortune to be in Shanghai for over 45 days this year and I have found Chinese, Indian, Nepalese & western vegetarian foods in Shanghai. I will review them each here, post photos & recommend how to order. But, for starters, here are some of the restaurants where I ate in Shanghai:
1. Xintiandi has a chinese restaurant called Xin Ji Shi
2. Most shanghaiites would recommend "Gong-De-Lin" - this is a buddhist place & by definition everything they serve is vegetarian. They have "mock meats" that are made of tofu with the texture of meat - not sure which vegetarian would want to eat that
3. Nizang - A nepalese restaurant in Pudong
4. Punjabi Restuarant - Indian restaurant in "Thumb Plaza" in Pudong, by the Carrefour store
5. Element Fresh - in a few places, but by the Super Brand Mall and Jinqiao commerical centre
6. New York City Pizza - has a cheese pizza that is ok
7. The flying fox - an irish pub that serves a decent lunch
8. Din-Tai-Fung - a dimsum place in super brand mall, with a vegetarian dimsum as well as a "taiwanese noodles" with a spicy peanut sauce that is absolutely delicious
9. Hongkongese restaurant on top of Ba-Bai-Ban (Next Age) department store in Pudong
10. Vedas - an upscale Indian restaurant in Puxi
11. The Pudong Intercontinental - has a few items on the menu; wouldn't recommend going there unless you actuall stay there
12. Face - an exceptional thai restaurant with some veggie items on its menu
13. the vegetarian restaurant in the "Jade Buddha temple" - I am not sure if it was our hunger, but, man, the soup style veggie dumplings is something Charan & I are still talking about!!! - be comfortable with chop sticks though!
14. The Blue Frog - an American burger joint that has a veggie burger that is palatable

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